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<br />ATTACHMENT 4 <br />committee. Staff also asked the committee to look at some of the impacts of gridlock. <br />There was some interest in this concept, but ultimately the committee did not accept it. <br />The concern is that if you are forcing housing in areas where you already have gridlock <br />you may be creating additional problems on the roadways. <br /> <br />Staff also had some interest in looking at the affordability levels as they pertain to certain <br />areas where it is more difficult to produce affordable housing. The general sense is that <br />the cost of providing affordable housing in one community may be more than in another <br />community. The committee had some interest in the concept but did not accept this <br />recommendation. Mr. Bocian stated that it should be interesting to see how the big cities <br />handle this process. <br /> <br />Commissioner Stark stated that jurisdictions on this side of the hill will fare much better <br />than jurisdictions on the other side ofthe hill (e.g., Oakland, Berkeley, etc.). He asked if <br />any consideration was being given to existing growth control ordinances. Mr. Bocian <br />replied that the methodology does not include any assumptions regarding local growth <br />control ordinances. Rather it is based on projections that ABAG makes based on land use <br />and related information obtained from individual cities. <br /> <br />Mr. Bocian stated that staff will be presenting a recommendation to the City Council at <br />the January 16 meeting regarding a response to ABAG. The response will be sent to <br />ABAG by the January 18 deadline for receiving comments. <br /> <br />Vice Chairperson Hodgett feels that the large cities will have major concerns with the <br />likely formula results. Commissioner Stark concurred that we should be prepared for a <br />significant backlash from the larger cities in the region like San Francisco, Oakland, <br />Berkeley, and San Jose. <br /> <br />It was the consensus of the Commission that the staff recommendation approving the <br />Draft RHNA methodology be passed along to the City Council as written. The <br />Commission thanked staff for providing an update on this item. <br /> <br />Page - 2 - <br />